File #: 24-456   
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 10/2/2024 In control: County Board
On agenda: 11/12/2024 Final action: 11/12/2024
Title: AUTHORIZING PURCHASE OF WIRELESS, VOIP TELECOM EQUIPMENT & SERVICES FOR THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES DEPARTMENT AND KANECOMM
Attachments: 1. Exec. Sum., 2. , 3.
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AUTHORIZING PURCHASE OF WIRELESS, VOIP TELECOM EQUIPMENT & SERVICES FOR THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES DEPARTMENT AND KANECOMM

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WHEREAS, pursuant to Article VII, Section 10, of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, and the Illinois Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (5 ILCS 220/1, et seq.), the County is authorized to procure goods and services through other governmental entities and agencies, provided various requirements of the Kane County Code are satisfied; and

WHEREAS, Chapter 2, Article VI, Division 3, Section 2-221 of the Kane County Code permits joint purchasing agreements by the County with other units of government when: a) the procurement is made pursuant to a written agreement, b) competitive selection procedures were used, c), the procurement is not employed to circumvent the intent of the County Purchasing Code, and d) the County is authorized pursuant to law or regulation to contract with the cooperating governmental agency; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Kane County Board Resolution No. TMP-24-2916 the County of Kane has previously entered into a Master Intergovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Agreement ("MICPA") with Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC); a cooperative purchasing organization that aggregates the purchasing power of governmental entities nationwide; and

WHEREAS, the MICPA is an intergovernmental agreement between the principal procurement agencies and the County (a participating agency) that permits the County to purchase products and/or services through various existing public purchasing agreements executed by the principal procurement agencies and their contracting third-party businesses; and

WHEREAS, the Kane County Information Technologies Department and Kane Comm desire to utilize, through the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) MICPA, Wireless, Scientel Solutions LLC dba Scientel Wireless, LLC public purchasing contract (Contract No. CW10-19) to purchase Wireless,...

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